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==Archive== |
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During the inter-ethnic strife in [[Chechnya]] and the two separatist [[Chechen wars]], hundreds of thousands of '''Chechen refugees''' have left their homes and left the republic for elsewhere in [[Russia]] and abroad. |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jaimaster/Archive1 |
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==In Russia== |
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'''Welcome!''' |
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The [[Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre]] (IDMC) reports that hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes in Chechnya since 1990.<ref>[http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/441ED4F5458A7C1DC125733600369629?OpenDocument&count=10000 Government efforts help only some IDPs rebuild their lives], [[Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre|IDMC]], 13 August 2007</ref> This included majority of Chechnya non-Chechen population of 300,000 (mostly [[Russians]], but also [[Armenians]], [[Ingush]], [[Georgians]], [[Ukrainians]] and many more) who had left the republic in the early 1990s and as of 2008 never returned (it is hardly possible they would ever return). |
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Many ethnic [[Chechen people|Chechens]] have also moved to [[Moscow]] and other Russian cities. According to the 2008 study by the [[Norwegian Refugee Council]], some 139,000 Chechens remained displaced in the Russian Federation. |
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== RfC on conduct of [[User:Abd]], comment requested == |
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===Ingushetia=== |
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Thank you for expressing interest at [[User:Abd/RfC/Proxy Table]] in my standing userspace RfC. The first questions to be addressed are at [[User:Abd/RfC/8.11.08 block]], which is a page for the questions and (later) a summary of consensus. Comments and discussion have been begun, by me, at [[User talk:Abd/RfC/8.11.08 block]]. Because the first questions address the warning issued to me by [[User:Jehochman|Jehochman]] before the block on 8/11, and should not involve extensive research, I have several times asked Jehochman to comment, but he has declined so far. I have also asked [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]], as suggested by Jehochman, to look at it, but so far he hasn't found time; perhaps he will in the next few days. If you are able to look at the pages ref'd above, and comment regarding the questions, or otherwise as you see fit, it would be appreciated. I am waiting to see if these questions can be resolved and a preliminary consensus found, without going to a wider forum, such as the Village Pump, AN, or a standard user RfC. Thanks for any time you can give this. --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 21:12, 10 September 2008 (UTC) |
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In the nearby republic of [[Ingushetia]], at the peak of the refugee crisis after the start of the [[Second Chechen War]] in 2000, estimated 240,000 refugees almost doubled the Ingushetia's pre-war population of 300,000 (350,000 including the refugees from the [[Ingush-Ossetian conflict]]) and resulting in an [[epidemy]] of [[tuberculosis]].<ref>[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/cd08690452d2399bc1256a47004dc615 Tuberculosis sweeps Ingushetia with influx of Chechen refugees] [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]/[[ReliefWeb]], 09 May 2001</ref> Estimated 325,000 was the total number of people that have entered Ingushetia as refugees in the first year of the [[Second Chechen War]].<ref name="ingush"/> Some 185,000 were in the republic already by November 1999<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/525880.stm World: Europe UN envoy meets Chechen refugees], [[BBC News]], November 18, 1999</ref> and 215,000 lived in Ingushetia by June 2000.<ref name="ingush">[http://ingush.berkeley.edu:7012/human_rights.html Information on the Chechen refugee situation in Ingushetia in the late 2000] [[University of California]], Sept. 10, 2000</ref> In October of 1999 the border with Ingushetia was closed down by the Russian military and [[Baku-Rostov highway bombing|a refugee convoy bombed]] after being turned away. |
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Thousands of them were pressured to return by the Russian military already in December 1999,<ref>[http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/1999/12/17/russia8893.htm Chechen Refugees in Ingushetia Pressured to Return] [[Human Rights Watch]], 12/17/99</ref> and the [[refugee camp]]s were forcibly closed after 2001 by the new Chechen government of President [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] and the new Ingush government of President [[Murat Zyazikov]].<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/01/da5ec5a1-a5dd-41ad-85a2-def289e41edc.html Russia: Chechen Refugees Face Ejection From Camps In Ingushetia] [[Radio Free Europe]], January 14, 2004</ref> About 180,000 Chechens remained in Ingushetia by February 2002<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0205/p07s02-woeu.html Russia says 'return,' but Chechen refugees stay put] ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', February 05, 2002</ref> and 150,000 by June 2002, most of them housed in a "[[tent city]]" camps, abandoned [[farm]]s and [[factory|factories]] and disused [[train]]s, or living with sympathetic families.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0612/p06s01-woeu.html Chechens wary of homecoming] ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', June 12, 2002</ref> As of early 2007, less than 20,000 Chechens remained in Ingushetia and many of them were expected to [[integration|integrate]] locally rather than return to Chechnya. |
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::: People should not become involved in this user-controlled RFC - we have an RFC process, Abd has so far found nobody willing to become involved in his illegitimate version of the process. You should tell him (as everyone else has over the last month of him spamming people) that you will be happy to be involved in a real community controlled RFC, not his sham version. He wants to use the results of it to attack a number of dedicated administrators. It could be harmful to your standing as an editor to be seen to be involved in such an attack page. Send him a clear message instead - tell him to set up a real RFC. --[[Special:Contributions/87.115.22.127|87.115.22.127]] ([[User talk:87.115.22.127|talk]]) 21:35, 10 September 2008 (UTC) |
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===Chechnya=== |
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::::Who are you, and why do you appear to be stalking Abd? Why the deliberate anonymous account? Are you one of the dedicated administers and is there something that Abd might reveal here that you dont want to come to light? If it was worth net-cafe'ing to stalk him then there has got to be more to it than you say... [[User:Jaimaster|Jaimaster]] ([[User talk:Jaimaster#top|talk]]) 23:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC) |
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As of 2006, more than 100,000 people remain [[internally displaced person]]s (IDP) within Chechnya, most of whom live in substandard housing and [[poverty]]. All official IDP centers in the republic were closed down and the foreign NGO aid severely limited by the government (including the ban of the [[Danish Refugee Council]]). |
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==Abroad== |
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::::Oh, and Abd, ill take a look later if work time allows. You might want to consider an admin notice board post regarding 87.115.22.127. If what they are doing was legit they wouldnt be doing it with a paper bag over their head. [[User:Jaimaster|Jaimaster]] ([[User talk:Jaimaster#top|talk]]) 23:56, 10 September 2008 (UTC) |
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Since 2003 there is a sharp surge of Chechen asylum-seekers arriving abroad, at a time when major combat operations had largely ceased. One explanation is the process of "[[Chechenization]]", which empowered former separatists Ahmed Kadyrov and his son [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] as the leaders of Chechnya (indeed, Chechen refugees indicated that they feared Chechen security forces more than Russian troops). Another explanation is that after a decade of war and lawlessness, many Chechens have given up hope of ever rebuilding a normal life at home and instead try to start a new life in [[exile]]. |
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:::::Thanks, Jaimaster. That was banned [[User:Fredrick day]], tossing mud as usual, it's a characteristic IP for him. There's already a report on this IP range at [[WP:ABUSE]]. He ''is'' an administrator, quite likely, but not one that would be likely to have touched me recently. The RfC is indirectly about two or three administrators, but it's not an attack on them; the active RfC simply asks if I did what [[User:Jehochman|Jehochman]] claimed in his warning. If I did, end of question, possibly the end of my Wikipedia career, it was pretty bad. Awful, actually. But I think Jehochman, shall we say, overreacted. This RfC, though, isn't about him, it's about me. I would not ''dare'' to open an RfC on another user in my user space. This is a process to advise ''me.'' It's possible that I and others might start some RfC in WP space, proceeding out of this, as advised, but not terribly likely; this is actually a process to avoid such a thing. Step-by-step. Not disruptive. --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 05:42, 11 September 2008 (UTC) |
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===European Union=== |
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==Talk at Pearl Harbor== |
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I added the talk section header to better match what seemed to be the comment content. I removed nothing of existing content from anyone. Sorry if in doing so I missed something you were intending. Please revise the section headings to better reflect what you intended. [[User:Ww|ww]] ([[User talk:Ww|talk]]) 17:19, 19 September 2008 (UTC) |
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:"from the moment Barbarossa started" We're in complete agreement there. (I think that's a miracle. ;D) I'd ask you to consider, tho, the influence of BoB, BoAtlantic (esp RCN escort), & Malta on EF. Did Lend-Lease tip the balance? It allowed Sov mfrs to concentrate on tanks, while using U.S. trucks (in large numbers? sev thou, IIRC, a few divisions worth), which depended on RCN (who escorted about/over half the Atlantic convoys for the duration, & I don't just say that as a Canadian; check out van der Vat's ''Atlantic Campaign'' & Milner's ''North Atlantic Run''). The BoB because it reduced GAF numbers, in aircrew & a/c (esp bombers); Allen in ''Who Won the Battle of Britain?'' suggests (& I agree) a more aggressive posture by Dowding & BC (using Blenheims against Ger ABs in France) would've made the air component of Barbarossa (next to?) nonexistent. Malta, much the same, diverting ''FK'' X from ops in SU. And "bias"? That's too strong. It's a matter of (admitted) ignorance, plus some distrust of SU claims & sources generally; I'm disinclined to take them at their word. You're right about "rabid interest", tho. And even if we never agree on Pearl, I gotta tell you, I've enjoyed arguing it with somebody who knows his stuff. Believe it or not. ;D [[User:Trekphiler|<font color="#1034A6"><small>TREKphiler</small></font>]] [[User talk:Trekphiler|<font color="#1034A6"><sup><small>hit me ♠</small> </sup>]]</font> 20:01, 23 September 2008 (UTC) |
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::To be honest I would say one of my biggest weaknesses is probably looking at the forest and ignoring the trees, so you are quite right... there is alot I could learn in the logistical support given to the SU, and the effects of the smaller pushes made by the western allies before Normandy... my knowlege of NAf in a nutshell starts and ends at "Rommel was there, won a few battles, then got thumped". |
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::Allen makes an interesting point, but I think he has fallen into a "with hindsight" trap. The British were in a very defensive mindset and were fighting for their survival in the BoB, and offensive actions were likely low on their "to do" list. Britain also didnt know that Hitler planned to invade the USSR and going agressor against the Luftwaffe over occupied France would have only offered small tactical victories that when it came to the war at that time were of little real value. As soon as the war expanded (from GBR vs Germany to GBR + USSR vs Germany) the tactical attrition of the Luftwaffe would have been instrumental, but this was after the fact. |
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:Anyway I agree with you on the last - I love debating things with people who know what they are talking about. I need to go read up on the NAf campaign ;) [[User:Jaimaster|Jaimaster]] ([[User talk:Jaimaster#top|talk]]) 05:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC) |
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In 2003, some 33,000 Russian citizens (over 90% of them presumed to be Chechens) applied for [[Refugee|asylum]] in the [[European Union]] (EU), according to the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]], making them the largest group of new refugees arriving in [[developed nation]]s. Czech refugee camps were said to be "overhelmed" due to an overwhelming number of Chechen refugees crossing to the [[Czech Republic]] in 2003.<ref>[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/48947 Czech camps overwhelmed by Chechen Refugees], [[Refugees International]], 30-12-2003</ref> |
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== William's "answer" (saved for own ref) == |
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In [[Poland]], almost 3,600 Chechens have applied for [[refugee]] status in the first eight months of 2007 alone and over 6,000 in the next four months.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/14/europe/EU-GEN-Poland-Migrant-Deaths.php Polish border guards find 3 dead Chechen girls near Ukrainian border], [[IHR]], September 14, 2007 |
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Administrator William M. Connelly twice deleted my comment on talk:James Hansen stating that even though Hansen is a clown for supporting green radicals who vandalised a British coal power plant, until the mainstream media reports on the subsequent campaign to have him fired we cannot add it to his article (in response to someone wondering if we should). |
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</ref><ref name="wprost">[http://www.wprost.pl/ar/125335/O-azyl-prosi-coraz-wiecej-Czeczenow/ O azyl prosi coraz więcej Czeczenów], ''[[Wprost]]'', 2008-03-10 07:13</ref> As of 2008, the Chechens are the greatest group (90% in 2007<ref name="wprost"/>) of refugees arriving in Poland, on the eastern border of the EU, often treated as a transit country further west. |
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In the [[United Kingdom]] there is a large number of Chechen refugees. Some of them wanted by Russia for [[terrorism]] and other crimes; however, the UK government refuses to extradite them on grounds of concern for [[human rights]]. Some of the original Chechen separatist government figures relocated to the UK. |
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William M. Connelly has previously posted on talk:Christopher Monckton calling the subject a "rabid septic". When asked why his comment was acceptable but mine was not, he chose to simply delete my question from his talk page, per below. |
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Thousands of Chechen families live in [[France]]; many of them in [[Nice]], conflicted with immigrants from [[North Africa]].<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=416&issue_id=3919&article_id=2371635 CHECHEN AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS BATTLE IN NICE, FRANCE], [[The Jamestown Foundation]], November 09, 2006</ref> As of 2008, thousands more are trying to get to France from Poland.<ref>[http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201228321.26/ Chechen refugees chase 'French dream' following Schengen expansion], [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], 25 January 2008</ref> |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AWilliam_M._Connolley&diff=239649126&oldid=239618847 |
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[[Austria]] granted asylum rights to more than 2,000 Chechen refugees in 2007. In January, 2008, [[Jörg Haider]], a [[far right]] governor of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]], called for a moratorium on giving them asylum blaming some already there for violence and sex crimes.<ref>PR-inside, [http://www.pr-inside.com/austrian-right-wing-politician-demands-moratorium-r383185.htm Austrian right-wing politician demands moratorium on asylum for immigrants from Chechnya], 12.01.2008</ref><ref>[[Ö1]] Inforadio, [http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/85477.html?filter=1 Chechens deported from Carinthia], 12.01.2008</ref> |
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[[User:Jaimaster|Jaimaster]] ([[User talk:Jaimaster#top|talk]]) 23:54, 21 September 2008 (UTC) |
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Thousands more settled in the other EU countries, in particular in [[Belgium]] (many in [[Aarschot]]), [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and [[Germany]]. |
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==Warning== |
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My final warning to you is still in effect. If you continue to disrupt our articles on global warming, I'm going to block you. [[User:Raul654|Raul654]] ([[User talk:Raul654|talk]]) 04:56, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
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===Other countries=== |
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This edit is '''not''' disruptive - |
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[[Image:T.TM.ASI.112.jpg|thumb|Chechen children in the Georgia]] |
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Of 4,000 Chechens who have sought safety in neighbouring [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], the majority have settled in [[Pankisi Gorge]] and several hundred remain today. Of 12,000 Chechen refugees who arrived in [[Azerbaijan]], most has moved on to Europe later (leaving some 5,000 in 2003<ref>[http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?show=000000-000002-000001-000110-000037&lang=1 Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan] [[Prague Watchdog]], March 4th 2003 </ref> and 2,000 in 2007<ref>[http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=36463 Chechen refugees living in Azerbaijan demand granting citizenship to an estimated 2000 of them], APA, 03 Oct 2007</ref>). Both Azerbaijan and Georgia have [[extradition|extradited]] Chechen refugees to Russia in violation of their obligations under [[international law]] (the [[European Court of Human Rights]] has ruled that Georgia violated their rights). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_warming&diff=244262247&oldid=244195678 |
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Some 3,000 to 4,000 Chechens arrived in [[Turkey]], of which most also moved on further, but as of 2005 some 1,500 stayed.<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=409&issue_id=3234&article_id=2369276 THE CHECHEN DIASPORA IN TURKEY], [[The Jamestown Foundation]], February 16, 2005</ref> |
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Reverting that section back to the poor state it was in is a waste of everyone's time. |
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[[Ukraine]] is the main transit country for Chechen refugees traveling to Europe. Some other travel through [[Belarus]]. |
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I feel am I being deliberately bullied, and I believe you are knowingly using your admim privleges in an attempt to gain advantage in a content dispute, per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Admin#Misuse_of_tools. |
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A small, but growing Chechen community exists in the [[United States]]. |
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I will start an ANI saying so shortly. [[User:Jaimaster|Jaimaster]] ([[User talk:Jaimaster#top|talk]]) 05:07, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
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During the [[Russo-Georgian War|2008 Russian invasion of Georgia]], many of more than 1,000 Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge fled towards Turkey along with their Georgian neighbours.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092702586.html For Refugees, Georgia Conflict Stirs Up Old Fears], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 28, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1007/p04s01-woeu.html Georgia's Chechens relive own Russian war], ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', October 7, 2008</ref> |
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:No need - I've just started one on your article disruption and edit warring despite previous warnings from multiple admins. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Disruption_by_Jaimaster] Cheers. [[User:Raul654|Raul654]] ([[User talk:Raul654|talk]]) 05:17, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
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==See also== |
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::Then we will find out if wiki is umpired based on reputations or facts in the next few days. [[User:Jaimaster|Jaimaster]] ([[User talk:Jaimaster#top|talk]]) 05:21, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
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*[[Muhajir (Caucasus)]], the [[emigration]] of [[Muslim]] [[indigenous peoples]] from the [[Caucasus]] into the [[Ottoman Empire]] following the Russian conquest during the 19th century. |
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==References== |
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:::Contribution histories do have some sway here, as do [[WP:RS|reliable sources]], which are brought to articles through [[WP:Consensus|consensus]]. This will not always lead to an article reading the way you want it to read and has little to do with [[WP:V|truth]]. Misleading edit summaries, however, are [[WP:Disruption|disruptive]], which is blockable. Please use the article talk page and please cite sources when doing so. [[User:Gwen Gale|Gwen Gale]] ([[User talk:Gwen Gale|talk]]) 11:13, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.ecre.org/positions/Chechen.doc Guidelines on the Treatment of Chechen IDPs, Asylum Seekers& Refugees in Europe], [[European Council on Refugees and Exiles]] |
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*[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/06/22/015.html Chechen Refugees Fast to Decry War], [[The Associated Press]], June 22, 2001 |
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*[http://ingush.berkeley.edu:7012/human_rights.html Information on the Chechen refugee situation in Ingushetia in the late 2000], [[University of California]], Sept. 10, 2000 |
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*[http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=655 The Plight of Chechen Refugees in Georgia], [[Islamic Human Rights Commission]], 17 June 2003 |
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*[http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/refugees/The%20right%20not%20to%20return%20-%20Naumann.pdf The right not to return: the situation of displaced Chechens dispersed in the Russian Federation], [[Chechnya Advocacy Network]], August 2003 |
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*[http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=1290 The Plight of Chechen Refugees revisited], [[Islamic Human Rights Commission]], 21 March 2005 |
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*[http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/7442/ Poland: Chechen Refugees Grateful for Protection but Need Integration Support] [[Refugees International]], 12/06/2005 |
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*[http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/refugees.html Refugees and Diaspora], [[Chechnya Advocacy Network]], 2007 |
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*[http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=48e389e12 Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resume normal life after Georgia scare], [[UNHCR]], 1 October 2008 |
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[[Category:Chechen people|Refugees]] |
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[[Category:Russian refugees]] |
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Revision as of 11:14, 10 October 2008
During the inter-ethnic strife in Chechnya and the two separatist Chechen wars, hundreds of thousands of Chechen refugees have left their homes and left the republic for elsewhere in Russia and abroad.
In Russia
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reports that hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes in Chechnya since 1990.[1] This included majority of Chechnya non-Chechen population of 300,000 (mostly Russians, but also Armenians, Ingush, Georgians, Ukrainians and many more) who had left the republic in the early 1990s and as of 2008 never returned (it is hardly possible they would ever return).
Many ethnic Chechens have also moved to Moscow and other Russian cities. According to the 2008 study by the Norwegian Refugee Council, some 139,000 Chechens remained displaced in the Russian Federation.
Ingushetia
In the nearby republic of Ingushetia, at the peak of the refugee crisis after the start of the Second Chechen War in 2000, estimated 240,000 refugees almost doubled the Ingushetia's pre-war population of 300,000 (350,000 including the refugees from the Ingush-Ossetian conflict) and resulting in an epidemy of tuberculosis.[2] Estimated 325,000 was the total number of people that have entered Ingushetia as refugees in the first year of the Second Chechen War.[3] Some 185,000 were in the republic already by November 1999[4] and 215,000 lived in Ingushetia by June 2000.[3] In October of 1999 the border with Ingushetia was closed down by the Russian military and a refugee convoy bombed after being turned away.
Thousands of them were pressured to return by the Russian military already in December 1999,[5] and the refugee camps were forcibly closed after 2001 by the new Chechen government of President Akhmad Kadyrov and the new Ingush government of President Murat Zyazikov.[6] About 180,000 Chechens remained in Ingushetia by February 2002[7] and 150,000 by June 2002, most of them housed in a "tent city" camps, abandoned farms and factories and disused trains, or living with sympathetic families.[8] As of early 2007, less than 20,000 Chechens remained in Ingushetia and many of them were expected to integrate locally rather than return to Chechnya.
Chechnya
As of 2006, more than 100,000 people remain internally displaced persons (IDP) within Chechnya, most of whom live in substandard housing and poverty. All official IDP centers in the republic were closed down and the foreign NGO aid severely limited by the government (including the ban of the Danish Refugee Council).
Abroad
Since 2003 there is a sharp surge of Chechen asylum-seekers arriving abroad, at a time when major combat operations had largely ceased. One explanation is the process of "Chechenization", which empowered former separatists Ahmed Kadyrov and his son Ramzan Kadyrov as the leaders of Chechnya (indeed, Chechen refugees indicated that they feared Chechen security forces more than Russian troops). Another explanation is that after a decade of war and lawlessness, many Chechens have given up hope of ever rebuilding a normal life at home and instead try to start a new life in exile.
European Union
In 2003, some 33,000 Russian citizens (over 90% of them presumed to be Chechens) applied for asylum in the European Union (EU), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, making them the largest group of new refugees arriving in developed nations. Czech refugee camps were said to be "overhelmed" due to an overwhelming number of Chechen refugees crossing to the Czech Republic in 2003.[9]
In Poland, almost 3,600 Chechens have applied for refugee status in the first eight months of 2007 alone and over 6,000 in the next four months.[10][11] As of 2008, the Chechens are the greatest group (90% in 2007[11]) of refugees arriving in Poland, on the eastern border of the EU, often treated as a transit country further west.
In the United Kingdom there is a large number of Chechen refugees. Some of them wanted by Russia for terrorism and other crimes; however, the UK government refuses to extradite them on grounds of concern for human rights. Some of the original Chechen separatist government figures relocated to the UK.
Thousands of Chechen families live in France; many of them in Nice, conflicted with immigrants from North Africa.[12] As of 2008, thousands more are trying to get to France from Poland.[13]
Austria granted asylum rights to more than 2,000 Chechen refugees in 2007. In January, 2008, Jörg Haider, a far right governor of Carinthia, called for a moratorium on giving them asylum blaming some already there for violence and sex crimes.[14][15]
Thousands more settled in the other EU countries, in particular in Belgium (many in Aarschot), Norway, Sweden and Germany.
Other countries
Of 4,000 Chechens who have sought safety in neighbouring Georgia, the majority have settled in Pankisi Gorge and several hundred remain today. Of 12,000 Chechen refugees who arrived in Azerbaijan, most has moved on to Europe later (leaving some 5,000 in 2003[16] and 2,000 in 2007[17]). Both Azerbaijan and Georgia have extradited Chechen refugees to Russia in violation of their obligations under international law (the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Georgia violated their rights).
Some 3,000 to 4,000 Chechens arrived in Turkey, of which most also moved on further, but as of 2005 some 1,500 stayed.[18]
Ukraine is the main transit country for Chechen refugees traveling to Europe. Some other travel through Belarus.
A small, but growing Chechen community exists in the United States.
During the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia, many of more than 1,000 Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge fled towards Turkey along with their Georgian neighbours.[19][20]
See also
- Muhajir (Caucasus), the emigration of Muslim indigenous peoples from the Caucasus into the Ottoman Empire following the Russian conquest during the 19th century.
References
- ^ Government efforts help only some IDPs rebuild their lives, IDMC, 13 August 2007
- ^ Tuberculosis sweeps Ingushetia with influx of Chechen refugees AFP/ReliefWeb, 09 May 2001
- ^ a b Information on the Chechen refugee situation in Ingushetia in the late 2000 University of California, Sept. 10, 2000
- ^ World: Europe UN envoy meets Chechen refugees, BBC News, November 18, 1999
- ^ Chechen Refugees in Ingushetia Pressured to Return Human Rights Watch, 12/17/99
- ^ Russia: Chechen Refugees Face Ejection From Camps In Ingushetia Radio Free Europe, January 14, 2004
- ^ Russia says 'return,' but Chechen refugees stay put The Christian Science Monitor, February 05, 2002
- ^ Chechens wary of homecoming The Christian Science Monitor, June 12, 2002
- ^ Czech camps overwhelmed by Chechen Refugees, Refugees International, 30-12-2003
- ^ Polish border guards find 3 dead Chechen girls near Ukrainian border, IHR, September 14, 2007
- ^ a b O azyl prosi coraz więcej Czeczenów, Wprost, 2008-03-10 07:13
- ^ CHECHEN AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS BATTLE IN NICE, FRANCE, The Jamestown Foundation, November 09, 2006
- ^ Chechen refugees chase 'French dream' following Schengen expansion, AFP, 25 January 2008
- ^ PR-inside, Austrian right-wing politician demands moratorium on asylum for immigrants from Chechnya, 12.01.2008
- ^ Ö1 Inforadio, Chechens deported from Carinthia, 12.01.2008
- ^ Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan Prague Watchdog, March 4th 2003
- ^ Chechen refugees living in Azerbaijan demand granting citizenship to an estimated 2000 of them, APA, 03 Oct 2007
- ^ THE CHECHEN DIASPORA IN TURKEY, The Jamestown Foundation, February 16, 2005
- ^ For Refugees, Georgia Conflict Stirs Up Old Fears, The Washington Post, September 28, 2008
- ^ Georgia's Chechens relive own Russian war, The Christian Science Monitor, October 7, 2008
External links
- Guidelines on the Treatment of Chechen IDPs, Asylum Seekers& Refugees in Europe, European Council on Refugees and Exiles
- Chechen Refugees Fast to Decry War, The Associated Press, June 22, 2001
- Information on the Chechen refugee situation in Ingushetia in the late 2000, University of California, Sept. 10, 2000
- The Plight of Chechen Refugees in Georgia, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 17 June 2003
- The right not to return: the situation of displaced Chechens dispersed in the Russian Federation, Chechnya Advocacy Network, August 2003
- The Plight of Chechen Refugees revisited, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 21 March 2005
- Poland: Chechen Refugees Grateful for Protection but Need Integration Support Refugees International, 12/06/2005
- Refugees and Diaspora, Chechnya Advocacy Network, 2007
- Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resume normal life after Georgia scare, UNHCR, 1 October 2008